questioned|senate judiciary committee|subj
questioned|supreme|obj
clarence thomas thomas|court|nn
clarence thomas thomas|nominee|nn
refusal|clarence thomas thomas|gen
answer|refusal|subj
questions|certain|mod
answer|questions|obj
complaints|but|punc
complaints|it|conj
appeared|complaints|subj
appeared|early|mod
approve|that|on
approve|committee|subj
nomination|end|by
end|questioning|of
vote|affirmative|mod
vote|10-4|of
10-4|or|punc
10-4|9-5|conj
there|predicted|mod
attention|media|nn
was|attention|pred
virginia|thomas|gen
virginia|wife|nn
attention|virginia|to
lawyer|washington|nn
taken|she|subj
positions|strong|mod
positions|conservative|mod
taken|positions|obj
positions|antagonized|rel
antagonized|positions|obj
antagonized|that|subj
groups|certain|mod
groups|and|punc
groups|fact|conj
fact|that|c
was|white|pred
white|and|punc
white|he|conj
black|groups|subj
questions|raised|mod
black|questions|obj
questions|some|for
lobbyists|hearings|nn
blacks|lobbyists|during
side|either|nn
lobbyists|side|on
worked|blacks|subj
worked|influence|mod
influence|black|subj
influence|ensuing|obj
senate|full|mod
vote|senate|of
